Current Genus: Genus Dendrobium section Calyptrochilus
Next Taxon: Genus Dendrobium section Conostalix
Dendrobium x vonpaulsenianum
Dendrobium x vonpaulsenianum A.D.Hawkes , Lloydia 20 (1957) 125 (nom. nov.).
Type:
Synonyms:
- Dendrobium x intermedium Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 523 (natural hybrid: D. lawesii x D. flammula).
- Pedilonum x vonpaulsenianum (A.D.Hawkes) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94 (1983) 465.
- Chromatotriccum x intermedium (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13 (2002) 496
Basionym: Dendrobium x intermedium Schltr.
Flowers similar in shape to Dendrobium lawesii but with a somewhat more pointed mentum. In size the flowers are more similar to Dendrobium flammula.
Flowers purple-red, orange-yellow in upper half.
Epiphyte in lower montane forest. Altitude 1200 m.
New Guinea (endemic).
Papua New Guinea (Morobe Province)
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
June.
This is a natural hybrid between Dendrobium lawesii and Dendrobium flammula.
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Dendrobium x vonpaulsenianum
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